I was wondering if anybody knows of any antivirus software for Linux. I know that there are very few viruses for Linux, but with more and more people using Linux there is a possibility that more Linux viruses could start popping up. I kind of prefer to stay ahead of the game if possible.

I have some Linux servers that are very important and I do not want to take a chance if I don't have to. Also, I would not want to install any "shareware" type software on these systems, as they are very important servers. I wonder if there are any commercial software that is being made for Linux.

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From what you pasted below it sounds like there is no real time scanning of downloads etc.

What do they expect me to do, download everything and wait for a cron job to run to check it? Manually scan each and every download? No thanks, if I haven't managed to snag anything in the many years of using linux, I'll take my chances and save the cpu cycle/cron job.

Personally I believe that most people that write viruses are Micro$oft haters (often employing address book, outlook and office built in features). If you properly secure a Linux server it would be very unlikely to be affected my a virus, even one specifically written for Linux systems. Just make sure that you monitor the security updates for your version of Linux.

NB... Do you use iptables or ipchains? I only recently upgraded to iptables and it is considerably better for securing a firewall.

i just mainly use the anti-virusfor scanning certain areas of mylinux box...the local home directoriesand the directories that are sharedvia samba....other than that i dont rarely do a full system scan...cause i dontrun x..its all command line for me...all i run is a webserver and mailserver....ssh and sftp...sambaso i just run the antivirus to checkmy samba shares..